Archive for October, 2007

A Midway of Smoke and Mirrors

KOTV Channel 6 in Tulsa in a recent report titled, “Inspectors Uncover Problems With Fair Rides” does a good job of covering the issues arising from the high number of injuries on midway rides at the 2007 Tulsa State Fair and the operation of those rides.
Accompanying KOTV’s report are copies of official documents created by [...]

Media Circus Continues At ORU

The media circus continues to swirl around Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.
On Friday, a second petition was filed in the ORU lawsuit. The petition amends the lawsuit adding allegations that Lindsay Roberts, wife of ORU President Richard Roberts, spent the night in the university’s guest house with an underage male on 9 separate occasions. [...]

The Fence of LeFlore County

One of the most viewed series of articles on Bubbaworld has been that of “The Fence of LeFlore County, Oklahoma“.
That series details Barbara Ellison’s struggle for justice in a county where justice often exists only for those that can afford to buy it or that are friends with those that dispense it.
The last update to [...]

Tax Increase Fails

Tulsa County voters rejected the so called “River Tax” yesterday by a margin of 52.5% to 47.5%, much to the disappointment of the supporters of the tax increase. Voter turnout was very good for a special election with just under 128-thousand voters going to the polls.
Reality is a bitter pill for some today in [...]

For The Record – September 2007

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